Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Medical Imaging Company Busted Giving Illegal CT Scans

Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: RADIATION EXPOSURE, CT Scan, Illegal Ct Scans, Heart Check America, CAT Scan, Mike Saccone, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Health Care, Colorado Attorney General, Denver News

Medical imaging company Heart Check America, which has been forced to shut down its Colorado clinics, has been ordered to pay $3.2 million by the Colo...

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Harm Reduction Action Center Seeks To Curtail Disease In Injection Drug User Community

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Denver Impact, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Hepatitis C, Harm Reduction Action Center, Heroin, Lisa Raville, Hrac, Hepatitis, Cdphe, Denver News

Last year, in a move applauded by many public health experts, the Colorado Legislature passed a law approving syringe exchange programs in the state....

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State Gives Final Approval To Western Slope Uranium Mill

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has issued what it is calling a "final, corrected, original radioactive materials lic...

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Cotter Corp. Mine

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Contamination, Cotter Corp., Uranium Mine Water COntamination, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado's Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Uranium, Dolores River, Uranium Mine, Denver News

State mining regulators have found heaps of toxic uranium ore at a dormant Cotter Corp. mine in western Colorado and are moving to prevent contaminati...

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Cotter Corp. Refuses To Pay State Fine Over Uranium-Tainted Reservoir

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver Water Reservoir, Genera Atomics, Uranium Contamination, Cotter Corp., Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver Water Quality, Schwartzwalder Mine, Denver News

Cotter Corp. is defying state orders to clean up its contaminated uranium mine west of Denver and refusing to pay fines for failing to do so. State...

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Court Throws Out Award For Rocky Flats Homeowners

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rocky Flats Award, Rocky Flats $926 Million, U.S. Department of Energy, Rockwell International Corp, Dow Chemical Co., Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment., Rocky Flats, Denver News

DENVER — A $926 million award to thousands of Colorado homeowners in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a now-defunct nuclear weapons ...

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Colorado's Rabid Animals Set To Break Record

The Denver Post | Howard Pankratz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado is on track to break the record for wildlife rabies due to the spread of rabies in skunks, which are spreading from eastern Colorado toward t...

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Estes Park Officials Use Fire to Exploit Political Drama

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: EPURA, Colorado Resorts, Estes Park, Asbestos, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver News
Jessica Peck

When most people think political bullying, the scenic resort town of Estes Park, Colorado, isn't the first place that comes to mind. But to a growing number of residents, it has become a reality.

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Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment Disputes NYT Article

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Wednesday questioned the accuracy and methodology of a New York Times series on Clean Water Act v...

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